Seventh seed Novak Djokovic improved to 2-0 in Pink Group on the Nitto ATP Finals on Wednesday, following a convincing 6-4, 6-1 win over sixth seed Andrey Rublev in simply 67 minutes.
Novak was getting higher and higher because the match progressed. The five-time former champion discovered a strategy to break Rublev’s resistance within the tenth recreation. After he stole the primary set, it was a a method site visitors. The second set was over within the blink of an eye fixed for Djokovic by 6-1, with two breaks of serve, within the second and sixth video games.
“I performed very, very properly. Among the best matches of the yr indisputably,” Novak mentioned. “He’s a troublesome opponent. An incredible competitor. He possesses plenty of strengths in his recreation. I managed to seek out the best perspective and the best recreation. Within the tenth recreation of the primary set, I believe he was 40/30 and we performed a protracted rally and I simply stayed in there and instructed myself possibilities will come. He went down in his power a little bit within the second set. I wished to make use of the momentum and power from my facet within the first few video games and it was a flawless second set.”
Match statistics: aces (12-10), double faults (0-1), winners (20-18), unforced errors (6-21), whole factors received (61-38).
With the victory, Novak sealed a spot within the semi-finals and stepped up his quest for a record-equalling sixth Nitto ATP Finals crown.
Djokovic will face fourth seed Daniil Medvedev in his closing round-robin match on Friday.
The 35-year-old Serbian star holds a 7-4 profession file in H2H conferences in opposition to the Russian.
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